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and today, president obama traveled to minneapolis to raise pressure for gun legislation. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: faced with an uphill battle in congress, the president took his campaign for new gun control measures on the road today. >> we're not going to wait until the next newtown. >> reporter: central component of the president's new plan is kwooifring virtually anybody buying a gun is a background check. but the audience in minneapolis has seen that that's not enough. last september, just a few miles from where the president spoke, minnesota suffered its worst ever mass shooting. 36-year-old andrew engeldinger went on a rampage at this sign store after he was fired. shooting and killing six employees. according to his parents, he was mentally ill and refused treatment. here's the thing. he legally bought his gun here after passing a background check. >> our son struggled for years with mental illness. in the last few years, we no longer have had contact with him. >> reporter: the local sheriff met with president obama a
and today, president obama traveled to minneapolis to raise pressure for gun legislation. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: faced with an uphill battle in congress, the president took his campaign for new gun control measures on the road today. >> we're not going to wait until the next newtown. >> reporter: central component of the president's new plan is kwooifring virtually anybody buying a gun is a background check. but the audience in...
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there you see president obama looking relaxed with other world leaders at the g 8 sum it only hours after the guardian revealed america had spied on its own allies. the latest bomb shell from edward snowden. his secrets are sending shock waves all over the world and now his own father is pleading with him to stop. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross starts us off with the latest. >> reporter: >> reporter: this latest leak in edward snowden's campaign seems carefully timed for maximum embarrassment and outrage as the meeting of world leaders in northern ireland, the so-called g8. snowden gave the "guardian" newspaper top secret documents revealing how the british government spied on "diplomatic targets from all nations" and their "smartphones" at a similar meeting of world leaders in 2009. the "guardian" said other documents from snowden show that at the same meeting four years ago, the nsa intercepted communications from russian president medvedev shortly after he met with president obama. >> no good can come of his revelatio revelations. but why does snowden think it's oka
there you see president obama looking relaxed with other world leaders at the g 8 sum it only hours after the guardian revealed america had spied on its own allies. the latest bomb shell from edward snowden. his secrets are sending shock waves all over the world and now his own father is pleading with him to stop. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross starts us off with the latest. >> reporter: >> reporter: this latest leak in edward snowden's campaign seems carefully...
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among the targets, sources say muslims and president obama. police say they were tipped off after crawford went to a synagogue asking for help with a device he called hiroshima with a light switch. >> boy, that is wild. thanks very much. >>> an update on that search for jimmy hoffa we told you about monday. the fbi has been scouring an abandoned field near detroit but after a full scrub and cautious hope the search for the former mob teamster came up empty today. the 16th dead end in 38 years. the mystery of jimmy hoffa goes on. >>> record-breaking heat in an unlikely corner of america today. take a look. just another day at the beach in anchorage. that's right, alaska's temperature soaring into the 80s and 90s this week. neal karlinsky chucked his parka to check it out. >> reporter: they're calling it "baked alaska" and while it is a treat, it's no dessert. >> the great alaska heat wave of 2013 continues. >> reporter: that's right, heat wave, the two words people in alaska usually hear about other places. >> it has been really, really hot, ni
among the targets, sources say muslims and president obama. police say they were tipped off after crawford went to a synagogue asking for help with a device he called hiroshima with a light switch. >> boy, that is wild. thanks very much. >>> an update on that search for jimmy hoffa we told you about monday. the fbi has been scouring an abandoned field near detroit but after a full scrub and cautious hope the search for the former mob teamster came up empty today. the 16th dead...
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president obama signed a compromise on student loans. the debate over the law lowers interest rates for an estimated 11 million students. it will save the average undergraduate $1500 in interest this year alone. >>> now, we turn to a baffling and beautiful rescue, raising questions about the power of prayer. people are scouring nearly 70 photographs looking for some sign of a man they swear they saw at the scene of a car accident. he played. a life was saved. so why did he disappear even from the photos? abc's david muir now on faith and a mystery tonight. >> reporter: tonight, it's being called the missouri miracle. much of it, though, still a mystery. a teenager with a beautiful smile. 19-year-old katie lentz, trapped in her mangled car, hit by a drunk driver. and first responders trying to get her out. sheriff's deputy richard adair won't forget when that fire chief turned to him in despair. >> he was concerned. because he was out of options. the tools weren't working. by that time, it was almost an hour. he said, i don't know how we'
president obama signed a compromise on student loans. the debate over the law lowers interest rates for an estimated 11 million students. it will save the average undergraduate $1500 in interest this year alone. >>> now, we turn to a baffling and beautiful rescue, raising questions about the power of prayer. people are scouring nearly 70 photographs looking for some sign of a man they swear they saw at the scene of a car accident. he played. a life was saved. so why did he disappear...
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sending weapons would be a big escalation and a move that president obama rejected last year out of fear the weapons would end up in the hands of anti-american extremists. no decision has been made yet on sending the weapons, but one reason the idea is now under active consideration is that it may be the best of what are all effectively bad ideas. a way to put pressure on syria, without committing any u.s. troops. >> jon, thank you. >>> now breaking news about the attack in benghazi. the fbi posted photos of these three men, saying they were there at the u.s. consulate when it was attacked on september 11th. the fbi asked the public for information about who those men are. they're not identified. four americans died under fire, including ambassador chris stevens. >>> now we turn to the surreal weather across this country. record snow, dramatic temperature swings, 40 degrees in 24 hours. one meteorologist said the weather map looks like something from the twilight zone. and abc's meteorologist, ginger zee, is tracking it all. >> reporter: tonight, the roads are a mess around denver. power
sending weapons would be a big escalation and a move that president obama rejected last year out of fear the weapons would end up in the hands of anti-american extremists. no decision has been made yet on sending the weapons, but one reason the idea is now under active consideration is that it may be the best of what are all effectively bad ideas. a way to put pressure on syria, without committing any u.s. troops. >> jon, thank you. >>> now breaking news about the attack in...
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cannot help but echo in the mind of everybody when someone said that about saddam hussein and obama, as wel0 bam osama, as well. police say they have him in custody. i want to see if you have anything from the sources that have been calling you all night. >> reporter: diane, we can confirm that the suspect is alive. he's in that ambulance. one of our officials got a text from the scene saying suspect is alive in the ambulance. >> all right, let's go to jon karl at the white house. jon, what are you hearing there and what are they saying about what happens next, immediately in the next hours? >> reporter: well, diane, depending on the condition of the suspect, the next thing you can expect to happen will be the activation of the president's high value interrogation group. this is a group made up of the cia, the dia and the fbi. this was set up by president obama in 2009 after they did away with the cia's interrogation program and it is designed for exactly this situation. to go in and to interrogate suspected terrorists immediately after their apprehension. i have been told prior to t
cannot help but echo in the mind of everybody when someone said that about saddam hussein and obama, as wel0 bam osama, as well. police say they have him in custody. i want to see if you have anything from the sources that have been calling you all night. >> reporter: diane, we can confirm that the suspect is alive. he's in that ambulance. one of our officials got a text from the scene saying suspect is alive in the ambulance. >> all right, let's go to jon karl at the white house....
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hours it was clear that the russians will continue to send arms to president assad while president obama and the americans are sending arms to the rebels. >> on a much lighter note the president's family on the trip. what did the first lady and the girls do today? >> they vengs toured into the heart of ireland. they went to dublin where they went to trinity college library and were shown birth records from president obama's great, great, great grandfather who is from ireland. they also, george, met with their distant cousin here, henry heely and were given a certificate of irish ancestry that they will take back to america to prove the obama's have irish roots. >>> a supreme court victory for advocate. the they struck down an arizona law that forced voters to provide more proof of citizenship. they argued that the arizona law would deter citizens from voting because of daunting paperwork. >>> a startling headline about 711. federal officials raided more than a address locations arresting store managers for running a modern day plantation system to exploit immigrant employees. rebecca var
hours it was clear that the russians will continue to send arms to president assad while president obama and the americans are sending arms to the rebels. >> on a much lighter note the president's family on the trip. what did the first lady and the girls do today? >> they vengs toured into the heart of ireland. they went to dublin where they went to trinity college library and were shown birth records from president obama's great, great, great grandfather who is from ireland. they...
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president obama signed a compromise on student loans. the law lowers interest rates for nearly 11 million students. it saves the average undergrad $1500 this year alone on interest. >>> the developing story under way tonight. man hunt stretching from canada to mexico now zeroing in on a rugged mountain. the fbi in force. gio benitez has been tracking the race to find a missing girl and the suspect. >> reporter: a desperate search under way in an idaho wilderness area. the u.s. customs service and border protection now joining the fbi. 16-year-old hannah anderson and her alleged kidnapper, james dimaggio were spotted here, known as the river of no return. >> they were spotted twice. they had backpacks on, they spotted a tent, and so they were obviously camping in that area. >> reporter: police say dimaggio, a close family friend of the andersons' is an outdoors man. four horseback riders who saw anderson and the 40-year-old say they had light camping gear. >> i think we should all be optimistic that she appeared to be in somewhat good hea
president obama signed a compromise on student loans. the law lowers interest rates for nearly 11 million students. it saves the average undergrad $1500 this year alone on interest. >>> the developing story under way tonight. man hunt stretching from canada to mexico now zeroing in on a rugged mountain. the fbi in force. gio benitez has been tracking the race to find a missing girl and the suspect. >> reporter: a desperate search under way in an idaho wilderness area. the u.s....
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michelle obama and the girls capped off their trip of the pub laurj, hosted by bono and his family. very irish. you can see the pub flew an american flag in honor of the obama's. >>> news about gigantic jeep recall from earlier this month. chrysler initially defied the government refusing to recall more than 1 million models despite the government's claims that at least 51 people have died from fires after the jeeps were hit from behind. tonight chrysler has relented. lisa stark, has more on that story. >> reporter: at issue in deadly fiery crashes like these is the placement of the fuel tank in older model jeep cherokees and liberties. behind the rear axle and below the rear bumper. vulnerable in rear end impacts as shown in this crash test. the campaign against the auto maker was heating up with activists like this woman who was involved in a deadly jeep accident. >> something has to be done. >> reporter: tonight the auto makers insist there is no defect but because the issue raised concerns for its customers it will conduct a voluntary campaign. the fix, chrysler won't add any sh
michelle obama and the girls capped off their trip of the pub laurj, hosted by bono and his family. very irish. you can see the pub flew an american flag in honor of the obama's. >>> news about gigantic jeep recall from earlier this month. chrysler initially defied the government refusing to recall more than 1 million models despite the government's claims that at least 51 people have died from fires after the jeeps were hit from behind. tonight chrysler has relented. lisa stark, has...
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president obama attending too after that library opening. family members shedding tears as they remembered those who rushed into that blaze and lost their lives doing so. >>> in the meantime tonight, we turn to the floods now we've been reporting on. look at the map this evening. 11 states now affected, from michigan to all the way to louisiana. abc's alex perez in one town, much o under water. alex? >> reporter: well, david, here in the peoria, illinois, area, the frustration is growing. this is how many people are getting to their homes, by canoe. some 500 homes are under water. and many people tell me, the most frustrating part is that they don't know when things could return to normal. the illinois river is at a 70-year high. and the big fear is that the rivers could remain swollen all the way through may. >> alex perez there in peoria, thinking of all the people in the flood water zone. >>> still much more ahead here on "world news" this thursday night. tonight, a warning for every parent, every grandparent. our cameras roll tonight and
president obama attending too after that library opening. family members shedding tears as they remembered those who rushed into that blaze and lost their lives doing so. >>> in the meantime tonight, we turn to the floods now we've been reporting on. look at the map this evening. 11 states now affected, from michigan to all the way to louisiana. abc's alex perez in one town, much o under water. alex? >> reporter: well, david, here in the peoria, illinois, area, the frustration is...
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abc's george stephanopoulos sat down with president obama today for an exclusive interview. the president opening up about a story in the news that has touched him and his family. the first lady, along with other familiar names, appear to be the victims of a hack attack. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has been tracking this story all day. and brings us the latest. >> reporter: this sinister looking website is posting what hackers claim is the social security number and credit report of the first lady. the fbi and secret service are investigating and today in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, president obama would not say if the information is authentic, but confirmed authorities are trying to find out what happened. >> we should not be surprised that if you have hackers who want to dig in and devote a lot of resources, that they can access people's private information. it is a big problem. >> right into the white house? >> again, i'm not confirming that that's what happened. you got websites that sell people's credit cards that have b
abc's george stephanopoulos sat down with president obama today for an exclusive interview. the president opening up about a story in the news that has touched him and his family. the first lady, along with other familiar names, appear to be the victims of a hack attack. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has been tracking this story all day. and brings us the latest. >> reporter: this sinister looking website is posting what hackers claim is the social security number and...
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the form letters were sent to president obama, senator roger wicker of mississippi, and mississippi judge sadie holland, who opened hers. >> a white kind of like grainy-type substance loose in the envelope. >> reporter: prosecutors say the missing pieces in the letters could refer to curtis' obsession with the sale of black market body parts. he's even written a book and tweeted about it. >> reporter: in a statement, his brother said, "we have no reason to believe kevin would be involved. we love him, and look forward to getting answers to make sense of all this." we met his neighbor lacey ross today. what do you think about the fact that he might have been cooking up ricin right next door? >> terrifying. really scary. i have two daughters. just knowing it could be that close to my children. >> reporter: just moments ago, members of the hazmat team arrived. a breached the door. took down the security camera. a lot of men are heavily armed, starting to gather evidence. the big question, what are they going to find inside? >> on the scene, thank you, matt gutman. >>> and coming up next here
the form letters were sent to president obama, senator roger wicker of mississippi, and mississippi judge sadie holland, who opened hers. >> a white kind of like grainy-type substance loose in the envelope. >> reporter: prosecutors say the missing pieces in the letters could refer to curtis' obsession with the sale of black market body parts. he's even written a book and tweeted about it. >> reporter: in a statement, his brother said, "we have no reason to believe kevin...
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as president obama made clear today, there's still no evidence of who is responsible for this act of terrorism. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: the fbi agents tell us they have tons of video and somewhere in there will be a picture of the person who planted these two bombs, diane. >> speaking of pictures, i want to ask you about a photo that everybody was e-mailing today. it is a man standing up on top of a roof. you can move in there, you see it right there. what do you know about it? >> reporter: well, it's very intriguing, but authorities say they're giving it no special priority. it's one of many tips and leads they're following. they're really focusing on the person who had that unusually heavy black bag the day of theerates. >> as you said the strongest clues are in the nature of the bomb. up next, abc's jim avila shows us just how far the blast from the bombs traveled. >> reporter: the killer bombs likely contained less than two pounds of common black powd
as president obama made clear today, there's still no evidence of who is responsible for this act of terrorism. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: the fbi agents tell us they have tons of video and somewhere in there will be a picture of the person who planted these two bombs, diane. >> speaking of pictures, i want to ask you about a photo that everybody was...
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president obama said today he's asked for a full intelligence review of what happened but defended the performance of american law enforcement. >> based on what i've seen so far, the fbi performed its duties. department of homeland security did what it was supposed to be doing. but this is hard stuff. >> reporter: counterterror officials say agents are investigating whether friends or relatives of the two brothers knowingly or unknowingly helped dispose of evidence in the days after the bombing. those friends and relatives among the almost one dozen individuals the fbi still calls persons of interest, diane. >> thank you, brian. >>> and we saw the president in brian's piece, but he also weighed in on a lot of other subjects in a wide-ranging press conference today, taking some tough questions, including from our own chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: president obama had a clear message for the american people today. there will be no rush to military action in syria. for one thing, the evidence is incomplete. >> what we now have is evidence that chemical weapon
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. >>> we move to washington and a brand new test for obama care. after that troubled launch of the website and a fierce backlash from american families, word today that the supreme court will consider a challenge from employers who say the law's requirement that health insurance cover contraception is a blow to their religious liberty. here's abc's senior national correspondent jim avila. >> reporter: hobby lobby plays christian music in its stores and sells some religious-oriented gifts, but mostly it's an arts and crafts shop. the owners say its business model that includes being closed on sunday promotes a christian life-style, and full birth control coverage mandated by obama care does not. >> we do everything we possibly can to be help to our employees of how they can structure their life based on biblical principles. >> reporter: the owners of hobby lobby don't want to provide health insurance that pays for post-conception birth control for its 25,000 employees, telling the supreme court, the so-called contraception mandate violates their rel
. >>> we move to washington and a brand new test for obama care. after that troubled launch of the website and a fierce backlash from american families, word today that the supreme court will consider a challenge from employers who say the law's requirement that health insurance cover contraception is a blow to their religious liberty. here's abc's senior national correspondent jim avila. >> reporter: hobby lobby plays christian music in its stores and sells some...
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david, tonight president obama has directed the intelligence community to do everything possible to find additional information about this suspected attack, but we don't know what the u.s. response would be. david? >> martha raddatz with us again tonight. thank you. >>> also new word this evening on americans now believed to have joined the fight on the ground in syria potentially helping terrorist groups there. could those americans, in fact, pose a threat to our homeland. our senior justice correspondent sat down with robert muller today. we know muller is about to step down after 12 years. if your interview he was expressing concern about americans on the ground in syria? >> the fbi director is concerned about radicals who have gone to fight including members of al qaeda and he said there is intelligence americans may have joined them. >> you are concerned about what they number one the associations they will make and secondly the expertise they will develop and whether or not they will utilize that expertise to undertake an attack in the homeland. >> you asked what still keeps him up
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it said there was an explosion at the white house and president obama was injured. but the tweet was false. the work of disruptive hackers. abc's new chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis explains how it all unfolded. >> reporter: it was the tweet that sent stocks plunging. at 1:07 p.m., breaking news from the associated press, "two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." >> stocks higher this afternoon, recovering after a false report of a bombing at the white house. >> hack account on an a.p. twitter feed. >> reporter: the news was false. a hacker's hoax. but before the a.p. or the president's press secretary could clear things up -- >> i can say the president was fine. i was just with him. >> reporter: there were four minutes of panic on wall street. a gain of 130 points on the dow, gone in an instant. $136 billion lost before seconds later, a full recovery. but it wasn't humans driving stocks lower. traders say many computer programs troll the internet for key phrases and react accordingly. in this case, they saw the a.p.'
it said there was an explosion at the white house and president obama was injured. but the tweet was false. the work of disruptive hackers. abc's new chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis explains how it all unfolded. >> reporter: it was the tweet that sent stocks plunging. at 1:07 p.m., breaking news from the associated press, "two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." >> stocks higher this afternoon, recovering after a false...
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and we learned president obama will attend a memorial in texas on thursday. we also saw those happier images you're seeing now, students returning to school as the town slowly tries to return to normal. >>> and still ahead on this fast-moving news night, inside america's raging flood zone, kayaking down the road, even fish crossing the street, and more rain on the way, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. [ female announcer
and we learned president obama will attend a memorial in texas on thursday. we also saw those happier images you're seeing now, students returning to school as the town slowly tries to return to normal. >>> and still ahead on this fast-moving news night, inside america's raging flood zone, kayaking down the road, even fish crossing the street, and more rain on the way, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a...
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president obama, unusually passionate and appearing concerned that momentum for gun reform has stalled on capitol hill. >> shame on us if we've forgotten. i haven't forgotten those kids. >> reporter: the president promising to keep the pressure on congress to pass background checks and to at least take a vote on banning assault weapons. the president pleading with congress, not to, quote, get squishy. >> thank you, jim. i want everyone at home to know that today i sat down with someone you may remember, the brave and incredibly moving teacher who rushed those 15 first grade students into a tiny bathroom, protecting them, whispering, i love you, as lanza tore through their school, firing his gun. next week, she'll tell you about a surprising new chapter for kaitlin roig and right here on "world news." >>> coming up now, the latest on the collapsing earth on the small island off the coast of washington state, that massive landslide, a quarter mile wide. small landslides still shifting across town. residents told our neal karlinsky, they're trying to decide what to do. >> we were going to
president obama, unusually passionate and appearing concerned that momentum for gun reform has stalled on capitol hill. >> shame on us if we've forgotten. i haven't forgotten those kids. >> reporter: the president promising to keep the pressure on congress to pass background checks and to at least take a vote on banning assault weapons. the president pleading with congress, not to, quote, get squishy. >> thank you, jim. i want everyone at home to know that today i sat down...
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held hostage, the american and the new video surfacing tonight and on it his message for president obama. >> it seems that i have been totally abandoned. >>> and the swimming stunner, the sudden attack on families in the water, the piranhas that swarmed them and why seconds made all the difference. >>> good evening. it is great to have you with us here on a thursday night. diane has the evening off. on this day after christmas some big questions for shipping giant ups. thousands of families across the country who ordered gifts more than a week ago still asking where are they? the delivery men and women in overdrive, their bosses at ups left explaining how this happened. major retailers pulled into this, too. they, too, promised ups would get those gifts under the tree in time. they're offering ways to make it up to you. so many of you at home giving us an earful, lucky enough to have been with family on christmas but saying it would have been nice to hand them something. abc's alex perez on what ups is now saying. >> reporter: it's the christmas headache shoppers weren't expecting, custo
held hostage, the american and the new video surfacing tonight and on it his message for president obama. >> it seems that i have been totally abandoned. >>> and the swimming stunner, the sudden attack on families in the water, the piranhas that swarmed them and why seconds made all the difference. >>> good evening. it is great to have you with us here on a thursday night. diane has the evening off. on this day after christmas some big questions for shipping giant ups....
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president obama announced today he will travel to real. the west bank, and to jordan this spring. and that will be his first trip there since taking office. >>> and this image out of egypt today. mahmoud ahmadinejad in cairo. the first time in 30 years an iranian leader has been welcomed there. the two countries cut ties after the iranian revolution in 1979. >>> and back here at home, wall street called to a count today. the federal government and 16 states declared a kind of legal war on s&p, the huge ratings agency. they are now accused of helping trigger the biggest financial meltdown in recent times. and abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has that story. >> reporter: rebecca hiramoto and her husband were among the millions of americans devastated when the housing market collapsed in 2008. the value of their home, their prime investment, cratered. >> if i think about it too much, it makes me sick. $500,000 in two years? it's like -- are you kidding me? >> reporter: today, prosecutors accused standard & poor's of lighting the fuse that helped ignite the housing mar
president obama announced today he will travel to real. the west bank, and to jordan this spring. and that will be his first trip there since taking office. >>> and this image out of egypt today. mahmoud ahmadinejad in cairo. the first time in 30 years an iranian leader has been welcomed there. the two countries cut ties after the iranian revolution in 1979. >>> and back here at home, wall street called to a count today. the federal government and 16 states declared a kind of...
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details of the killing coming as the obama administration now wrestles with whether to arm the rebels trying to overthrow the government. >>> meantime, back here at home now and to that showdown at an nra rally. 75,000 americans from all over converging in houston. more than ever before. fresh off of a big win. the defeat of the gun bill president obama pushed in response to the massacre at sandy hook elementary. here's abc's senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny tonight. >> reporter: it's a victory lap. >> we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding american gun owners. >> reporter: five months after the newtown shooting, not a single new federal gun law has passed. and that had nra members celebrating. >> i believe they are stronger than ever. >> effective. >> it's growing. >> reporter: and a parade of conservative leaders rallied the crowd. >> this is a fight for the future of freedom. >> reporter: but the battle over guns is not over for newtown families and others. three times this week, senator kelly ayotte was pressed t
details of the killing coming as the obama administration now wrestles with whether to arm the rebels trying to overthrow the government. >>> meantime, back here at home now and to that showdown at an nra rally. 75,000 americans from all over converging in houston. more than ever before. fresh off of a big win. the defeat of the gun bill president obama pushed in response to the massacre at sandy hook elementary. here's abc's senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny tonight....
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by the way, president obama will visit oklahoma this weekend, and abc's david muir leads our coverage once again tonight with that exclusive. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening, and for the first time tonight we hear and see the moment that tornado hit one of those two elementary schools. in this case, briar elementary. the national weather service telling us winds were more than 200 miles per hour at that point. as you're about to see, as that twister hovered over the school, it was pitch black, and terrifying inside. this is the moment the monstrous tornado hit briarwood elementary. for the first time, we see what students saw huddled in that bathroom. complete darkness. and this is what they heard. [ wind and screaming ] >> reporter: as the pressure from the tornado took hold of that school, that bathroom, felt the air pushing down. >> it's almost over. it's almost over! >> reporter: their teacher promising it would end. >> it's almost over. >> i hate this! >> reporter: you hear one of the students tell her, i hate this. >> honey, it's okay. it's almost over. it's almost over.
by the way, president obama will visit oklahoma this weekend, and abc's david muir leads our coverage once again tonight with that exclusive. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening, and for the first time tonight we hear and see the moment that tornado hit one of those two elementary schools. in this case, briar elementary. the national weather service telling us winds were more than 200 miles per hour at that point. as you're about to see, as that twister hovered over the school, it was...
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look at president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton catching up on the west wing patio, fueling more speculation that she'll run in 2016. there was another image today that could complicate a clinton run, this one. anthony weiner, married to one of hillary clinton's top aides, refusing to back out his run for new york mayor despite a new sexting scandal. here's abc's white house correspondent jim avila. >> reporter: it was just lunch, hillary clinton arriving at the white house, heading for this al fresco table for two in a meeting described as largely personal between friends, while in clinton's adopted state of new york, her top aid, huma abedin, was nowhere to be seen as her disgraced husband, anthony weiner, kept on campaigning for mayor. reporters wondering out loud if hillary had weighed in. the sexting politician resisting mounting pressure and collapsing pole numbers. >> there are no second chances -- >> why did he get in? >> he's not qualified. >> he's wasting time and space. >> i'm not going to ask pendents or other politicians but let the people decide. >> re
look at president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton catching up on the west wing patio, fueling more speculation that she'll run in 2016. there was another image today that could complicate a clinton run, this one. anthony weiner, married to one of hillary clinton's top aides, refusing to back out his run for new york mayor despite a new sexting scandal. here's abc's white house correspondent jim avila. >> reporter: it was just lunch, hillary clinton arriving at the...
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. >> obama's objective is to eliminate all opposition. >> if this isn't a gathering of an enemies' list, i don't know what is. >> reporter: all of this comes as a white house that takes pride in being scandal-free, has been hammered by a series of controversies. >> president obama is fending off incoming fire. >> what went wrong in benghazi? >> this seems like a genuine scandal. >> a potential third scandal. >> reporter: the latest. revelation the justice department obtained two months of telephone records of reporters at the associated press, as part of a leak investigation. according to the irs watchdog, none of the irs officials who were doing the targeting say they were ordered to do it by anybody outside of the irs. but diane, now those who are responsible could face criminal charges. the most serious of those is allegedly conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of their political opponents. the maximum charge there, ten years in prison. >> a fire storm and moving faster tonight. thanks so much. >>> now we turn to another big headline, that stunning surprise from one of the
. >> obama's objective is to eliminate all opposition. >> if this isn't a gathering of an enemies' list, i don't know what is. >> reporter: all of this comes as a white house that takes pride in being scandal-free, has been hammered by a series of controversies. >> president obama is fending off incoming fire. >> what went wrong in benghazi? >> this seems like a genuine scandal. >> a potential third scandal. >> reporter: the latest. revelation the...
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obama released their tax returns for 2012. here it is. here's what we saw. they earned $608,000 last year. $400,000 from his salary as president, the rest from royalties and sales of his books. they paid $112,000 in federal taxes and $29,000 in state taxes in illinois, and, yes, they still file in illinois. all told, they gave $150,000 to 33 different charities. >>> and now, there is a brand new word of caution about safety and surgery tonight. more and more hospitals are using robots, saying they improve on human precision and performance. so, why is an investigation now under way? here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: robo-surgery has been hailed as a major medical breakthrough, with claims that highly precise robots are steadier than the human hand. here, the robot's tiny forceps peels the skin off a grape. and more important, better outcomes for patients. denver's dr. warren kortz has performed hundreds of operations using robots. >> the tip of that instrument only moves one millimeter. >> reporter: this week, the colorado medical board cited him for
obama released their tax returns for 2012. here it is. here's what we saw. they earned $608,000 last year. $400,000 from his salary as president, the rest from royalties and sales of his books. they paid $112,000 in federal taxes and $29,000 in state taxes in illinois, and, yes, they still file in illinois. all told, they gave $150,000 to 33 different charities. >>> and now, there is a brand new word of caution about safety and surgery tonight. more and more hospitals are using robots,...
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it marks the 19th mass shooting since president obama took office in 2009. today he was called on again to condemn the killer and honor the victims. >> these are men and women who were going to work doing their job protecting all of us. they're patriots and they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home. we will do everything in our power to make sure whoever carried out this cowardly act is held responsible. >>> jon karl with breaking news at the white house. jon? >> reporter: george we have had quite a scare here at the white house with what appeared to be shots fired out front. turned out simply to have been firecrackers but this happened while we were getting set up to come on the show outside. we heard two loud pops, looked over and i saw three secret service officers going over and tackling a man right outside the fence on the north lawn of the white house. the gentleman was wearing shorts, barefoot, no idea what he was up to but he was tackled to the ground by those
it marks the 19th mass shooting since president obama took office in 2009. today he was called on again to condemn the killer and honor the victims. >> these are men and women who were going to work doing their job protecting all of us. they're patriots and they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home. we will do everything in our power to make sure whoever carried out this cowardly act is held...
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. >>> and now we move onto immigration in the news and a declaration today from president obama, that it is time to take big steps to address the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in america tonight. abc's reena ninan now on what the president did today. >> reporter: they are america's newest citizens. more than 4,400, sworn in today in southern california. while in nevada -- >> the time is now. >> reporter: president obama unveiled his plan to get america's 11 million undocumented immigrants a big step closer to taking that oath. >> yes, they broke the rules. they crossed the border illegally. but these 11 million men and women are now here. >> reporter: the president's proposal calls for a path to citizenship. >> a process that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning english and then going to the back of the line behind all the folks who are trying to come here legally. >> reporter: and with that, a direct challenge to washington. >> and if congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, i will send up a bill based on my proposal
. >>> and now we move onto immigration in the news and a declaration today from president obama, that it is time to take big steps to address the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in america tonight. abc's reena ninan now on what the president did today. >> reporter: they are america's newest citizens. more than 4,400, sworn in today in southern california. while in nevada -- >> the time is now. >> reporter: president obama unveiled his plan to get america's...
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. >> reporter: two letters, one to president obama, another two roger wicker, showed initial positive results in field tests. the letters never reached the white house or capital. >> the mail sent here is screened and the tests are taken at remote sites to mitigate the risks. >> the first was stopped then miles from its target to capitol hill. the second letter to the white house was intercepted six and a half miles away on a military base on the outskirts of d.c. a third post office sorting facility suffered possible contamination to its filtering system from an unknown source, ten miles from downtown washington. protections including air sensors at screening centers, set up after the anthrax attack in 2001, that killed five americans and injured 17 others, it happened just after 9/11. today's apparent attempt, so close to another incident of domestic terror is an eerie reminder of those frightening days. >> the letters to the problem and the senator were both signed with the initials k.c. which matches the name of the man arrested in tupelo, mississippi. diane? >>> and now we turn t
. >> reporter: two letters, one to president obama, another two roger wicker, showed initial positive results in field tests. the letters never reached the white house or capital. >> the mail sent here is screened and the tests are taken at remote sites to mitigate the risks. >> the first was stopped then miles from its target to capitol hill. the second letter to the white house was intercepted six and a half miles away on a military base on the outskirts of d.c. a third post...
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a new letter containing the poison ricin is discovered, and this time the target is president obama. >>> "real money." we help one family save hundreds of dollars on their day at the old ball game. >>> "hidden america." extraordinary access in one of most dangerous schools in the country. the chaos, the crushing struggles, and the courage of so many people fighting for a future. >>> good evening. as we join you tonight they're -- we're looking at storms from wisconsin to edge of texas tonight. already reports of tornadoes on the ground after a furious week of twisters. at least 19 twisters on tuesday and 20 on wednesday. look at this. these are the threatening skies over oklahoma tonight. and abc's meteorologist ginger zee is there to bring us what is happening right now. >> reporter: we're trying to give you a head's-up over the next 45 minutes, eventually into the yale area and cushing area, you need to take tornado precautions immediately. >> reporter: just like clock work, tornado warnings started popping up south and north of oklahoma. and we are on the chase. this is the wall c
a new letter containing the poison ricin is discovered, and this time the target is president obama. >>> "real money." we help one family save hundreds of dollars on their day at the old ball game. >>> "hidden america." extraordinary access in one of most dangerous schools in the country. the chaos, the crushing struggles, and the courage of so many people fighting for a future. >>> good evening. as we join you tonight they're -- we're looking at...
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first lady michelle obama and hillary clinton laying a wreath at kennedy's grave. in silent reflection, taps rang out. ♪ >> as the moving scene was under way at articlington national sem terror david muir was in ohio, at a plane that carried kennedy to dallas 50 years ago and then after shots rang out became a monument to a stunned and changed nation. david muir is here now. >> reporter: good evening from what they call kennedy's air force one. this is the plane that carried the president and the first lady. right here behind me is the doorway the president walked through one final time on that day in dallas, waving to the thousands who were gathered there to see him. as you point out tonight, we take you inside. >> reporter: president kennedy and the first lady emerging from air force one at love field november 22, 1963. thousands waiting. so many holding signs, welcome jack, we love you, jackie. and looming over them in nearly every image, the presidential jet that would soon play a far more profound role. so this it? kennedy's air force one? >> this is kennedy
first lady michelle obama and hillary clinton laying a wreath at kennedy's grave. in silent reflection, taps rang out. ♪ >> as the moving scene was under way at articlington national sem terror david muir was in ohio, at a plane that carried kennedy to dallas 50 years ago and then after shots rang out became a monument to a stunned and changed nation. david muir is here now. >> reporter: good evening from what they call kennedy's air force one. this is the plane that carried the...
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obama called collins directly to express his support. he said for years he had trouble sleeping because he was keeping this secret. the day after he told his story, he says he slept like a baby. and this june he will be marching in the gay pride parade in boston. >> this is history waiting to be made in professional sports. and tomorrow jason collins will sit down for an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, first thing on "good morning america."you, dan >>> now we turn to the latest on the 19-year-old terror suspect held in solitary confinement in boston, and the investigation still moving quickly tonight. we have learned that the fbi is casting a wider net. abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, with the latest. >> reporter: it was only a few months ago that dzhokhar tsarnaev posted this video of himself online playfully teasing his brother's daughter. today the 19-year-old is at the devens federal medical center outside boston. confined by himself to a tiny cell, a taste of what awaits him if convicted of the m
obama called collins directly to express his support. he said for years he had trouble sleeping because he was keeping this secret. the day after he told his story, he says he slept like a baby. and this june he will be marching in the gay pride parade in boston. >> this is history waiting to be made in professional sports. and tomorrow jason collins will sit down for an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, first thing on "good morning america."you, dan >>>...
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a tactic against terror which has grown 700% under the obama administration. whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. everywhere i travel, from yemen -- >> i think americans, they are not right. they have no right to -- it is our fight. >> reporter: to pakistan. >> you can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the byproduct of this is anger, anger among people, the innocent people who are getting killed. so, you are just creating more terrorists. >> reporter: now, the man who signs off on the kill list, from a basement office in the white house, john brennan, about to be questioned in front of the world. >> i suggest to you that these targeted strikes are indeed ethical and just. >> reporter: in pakistan alone, there are been more than 300 drone strikes in the last decade. killing thousands of al qaeda and taliban, but more than 300 civilians, as well. a world away, in remote villages, you can hear them. like a
a tactic against terror which has grown 700% under the obama administration. whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. everywhere i travel, from yemen -- >> i think americans, they are not right. they have no right to -- it is our fight. >> reporter: to pakistan. >> you can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the byproduct of...
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drone strike since president obama laid out his new policy last week. he was believed to be responsible for an attack in 2009 that cost seven americans their lives, the single worst loss of life in cia history. >>> and we have an investigation now into a potential scandal deep inside the fbi. allegations tonight one of their agents accepted lavish gifts, even cash, from a mobster turned informant. an investigation is under way and tonight that mobster is charged with murder. abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, is on the case. >> reporter: he has a long record of ruthless violence as a russian mafia boss in new york, a convicted pimp, extortionist, car thief, and all-around thug. but an abc news investigation found manni chulpayev, not in prison for life, but living a life of luxury and fast cars in florida, thanks to his work as a government witness and fbi informant. he was once described as one of the most important witnesses ever against the russian mob. >> he is very smart. he managed to play the system for years and years. >> repor
drone strike since president obama laid out his new policy last week. he was believed to be responsible for an attack in 2009 that cost seven americans their lives, the single worst loss of life in cia history. >>> and we have an investigation now into a potential scandal deep inside the fbi. allegations tonight one of their agents accepted lavish gifts, even cash, from a mobster turned informant. an investigation is under way and tonight that mobster is charged with murder. abc's...
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. >>> next the start of a new week bringing new trouble for the president and obama care. it's about what the president said and what he knew and when. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has exclusive documents and he went toe to toe with these new questions for the white house. >> reporter: as the health care website melted down, the president told people there were other options working just fine. >> you can bypass the website and apply by phone or in person. >> reporter: a quick call. >> i want to repeat that. 1-800-318-2596. >> reporter: and voila. >> it usually takes about 25 minutes for an individual to apply for coverage. >> reporter: but ten days before the president said those words his own health care team knew that all applications were having the same problems. as one internal memo from the administration's health care war room obtained by abc news reads, "the same portal is used to determine eligibility no matter how the application is submitted. at the end of the day we are all stuck in the same queue." did the president not know that everyth
. >>> next the start of a new week bringing new trouble for the president and obama care. it's about what the president said and what he knew and when. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has exclusive documents and he went toe to toe with these new questions for the white house. >> reporter: as the health care website melted down, the president told people there were other options working just fine. >> you can bypass the website and apply by phone or in...
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. >> reporter: republicans say it was all about protecting president obama from a bad story during the height of a re-election campaign and to divert criticism from the state department for not doing enough to protect the consulate. and hillary clinton is already taking fire from republicans. >> i take responsibility. i take responsibility. >> reporter: that may be the earliest presidential attack ad we have ever seen. but diane, i have seen no evidence, no e-mails, no documents that show that hillary clinton had any direct role in editing those talking points. >> but jon, will she be called back up to the hill for another of those cobmbative hearings? >> reporter: well, we already have seen one prominent republican say that he wants her back up there, but diane, i think that is highly unlikely. the former secretary testified thoroughly on this and i don't expect we'll see her up there again. >> all right, breaking the news tonight, jonathan karl at the white house. thank you, jon. >>> and as you know, jon, the white house also had to respond today to another firestorm. the admission b
. >> reporter: republicans say it was all about protecting president obama from a bad story during the height of a re-election campaign and to divert criticism from the state department for not doing enough to protect the consulate. and hillary clinton is already taking fire from republicans. >> i take responsibility. i take responsibility. >> reporter: that may be the earliest presidential attack ad we have ever seen. but diane, i have seen no evidence, no e-mails, no...